Why AI watermarking won’t save us and why you might need a “safe word” with your loved ones to help them know if they are talking to you or an AI voice clone. An interview with AI policy expert Irene Solaiman in this week’s Proof News newsletter.

Great to see our session Can Journalism Survive AI with Julia Angwin Meredith Broussard & Dhruv Mehrotra featured in Reuters Institute’s of list International Journalism Festival 2024 events you shouldn’t miss in Perugia #ijf24 reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/internati…

One reason I named my journalism studio Proof is that the burden of proof is always higher for people who are challenging power.

Proof aims to do that work.

the future of GAI chatbots is disclaimers

“Federal privacy law could be monumental if it gets the substance right, but it could also be disastrous if it preempts the states with a weak or unworkable standard.”

The current bill is the latter, says Justin Brookman.

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I'm lucky that early reviews of DARK WIRE, my book on how FBI secretly ran its own encrypted chat app to wiretap the world, are in

Julia Angwin said 'A jaw-dropping page turner that truly terrified me'

Preorder for behind-the-scenes content. More below hachettebookgroup.com/titles/joseph-…

Feeling very vindicated about using fake names to reserve tables for more than a decade.

Did you know about this beautiful NYC bookstore run by France? I just found out when agreeing to speak there about AI on Monday. Come join! villa-albertine.org/events/can-jou…

The latest from Proof News: Aaron W. Gordon’s tale of how Claude AI suggested bribery, blackmail and climate denial.

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Thank you for hosting me UW Journalism Ethics! Gives me hope for journalism to meet all your committed students, faculty and supporters.

Thrilled to be part of this illustrious lineup including keynote by the most important tech regulator you've never heard of: Samuel Levine.

What are the stakes in this fight?

'[I fear the] places where people participate in a public spirit will wither away and good information will be behind paywalls. Then the rest of the world will just be living in this traffic farm,' says Julia Angwin in the piece

This was possibly a terrible idea, but I debated Scott Galloway about the TikTok ban. (He is FOR and I am AGAINST).

I have never engaged in a formal debate before, so be gentle in your critiques!

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RIP Ross Anderson

He was one of that generation of scientists who wrested modern cryptography from the military and turned it into a public good.

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Me on Proof News: 'I wanted to put the methods – and not the topic – first, because the methods are increasingly important in an era where no one trusts journalism.'

Thanks Eduardo Suárez for the lovely and extensive interview.

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'AI makes it much easier to flood the zone with misinformation,' says Julia Angwin in this interview we published today

She speaks about Proof News, shares tips on covering AI, and argues publishers shouldn't cut deals with AI companies

🔗Click to read reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/julia-ang…

The most insightful thing I’ve read about the proposed TikTok ban. Highly recommend. lpeproject.org/blog/social-me…

All-star lineup for my favorite topics - journalism and AI. Excited for #ijf24

Journalism is not just about the first story -- it's about persistent monitoring.

Two months ago we tested leading AI models and found their responses to voter queries were highly inaccurate. We tested again and, sadly, the inaccuracies remain.

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The Markup co-founder Julia Angwin is expanding beyond tech journalism with her new nonprofit, Proof News. niemanlab.org/2024/03/proof-…